On Wednesday, the Lagos State Government, in a statement by the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofiu Elegushi, said the state had banned all religious gathering of over 50 people within the state.
According to the statement, the decision was arrived at after a meeting of the Lagos State Government with religious bodies in the state which included the Christian Association of Nigeria and Muslim leaders.
Elegushi said the meeting agreed that all large religious gatherings of over 50 people should be suspended immediately.
He said the suspension would last for four weeks with a necessary review carried out if need be.
He added that a committee had been set up to monitor the enforcement of the suspension to ensure that both Muslims and Christians in the state abide by the decision.
The 15-member committee comprises representatives of Muslims and Christians in the state.
The commissioner also said the meeting agreed that the state government should embark on massive sensitization of people at the grassroots to the need to embrace proper hygiene.
Elegushi stated that it was agreed that the Federal Government should shut down borders, especially land to checkmate the influx of foreigners into Lagos in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
The State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Gbenga Omotosho, had earlier at a briefing said the state government would advise religious leaders to put their services on hold in the interest of the public.
The Chief Imam of Lagos State, Sheikh Oluwatoyin Abou-Nolla, said the action of the state government was commendable, urging all Muslim leaders to abide by the decision and to also make personal hygiene a priority.
The Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Apostle Alexander Bamgbola, said the nation was at a critical point, stressing that since the outbreak of coronavirus, Christians had been praying.
“We are at a critical moment in Nigeria, since we heard this, we have been praying. We have listened carefully to one another, particularly the government. The responsibility of every government is to protect the lives of the people.”
The Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, said on Wednesday that the patient that tested positive to coronavirus in Ekiti State had been quarantined in the state isolation centre.
Yaya-Kolade, in a statement in Ado Ekiti, said, “The Ekiti State Taskforce on COVID-19, headed by Governor Kayode Fayemi, can confirm that we have recorded an incident of a Nigerian male, 38 years old, of Ekiti origin, who has tested positive for COVID-19.
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